incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government.
any action, especially in speech or writing, promoting such discontent or rebellion.
Archaic. rebellious disorder.
Origin of sedition
1325–75; <Latin sēditiōn- (stem of sēditiō), equivalent to sēd-se- + -itiōn- a going (it(us), past participle of īre to go + -iōn--ion); replacing Middle English sedicioun<Anglo-French <Latin, as above
Ye, accused of sedition, is sent to work for an obscure government agency called the Red Coast Base and discovers a new method for transmitting interstellar messages.
Netflix enlisted ‘Game of Thrones’ team to adapt China’s best-selling sci-fi novel. Then came controversy|Grady McGregor|October 3, 2020|Fortune
Somebody called the cops, and the 24-year-old was arrested on charges of sedition and thrown in jail.
‘Keep Your Mouth Shut’: Why San Diego Banned ‘Seditious’ Talk in 1918|Randy Dotinga|August 4, 2020|Voice of San Diego
While the local sedition law passed in 1918, San Diego didn’t warm to all wartime restrictions that year.
‘Keep Your Mouth Shut’: Why San Diego Banned ‘Seditious’ Talk in 1918|Randy Dotinga|August 4, 2020|Voice of San Diego
So does his comment about treason, which plugs into the mentality of those accusing the President of sedition and disloyalty.
Paranoia Crept into American Political Life a Long Time Ago|Lewis Beale|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I refer to the Alien and Sedition Acts, signed into law by President John Adams in 1798.
Snowden Deserves the Medal of Freedom, Not Prosecution|Jay Parini|June 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Waited to hear what she would make, even at this early hearing, of the charge he faced: sedition.
The Sedition Files: How an Indian Cartoonist Becomes a Criminal|Dilip D’Souza|September 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The writer Arundhati Roy was accused of sedition in a 2010 speech about Kashmir.
The Sedition Files: How an Indian Cartoonist Becomes a Criminal|Dilip D’Souza|September 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Citizens protesting a nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu, as you read this, have been charged with sedition.
The Sedition Files: How an Indian Cartoonist Becomes a Criminal|Dilip D’Souza|September 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Adams's extreme measures against domestic danger, as embodied in his "alien and sedition laws," were unfortunate.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year|Edwin Emerson
Sedition, the natural garment for an Irishman to wear, has been for a hundred years a bloodless sedition.
The Crime Against Europe|Roger Casement
Considering that they were hot-beds of sedition and revolution, Charles II.
Six Cups of Coffee|Maria Parloa
He must trap Ramabai, openly, lawfully, in the matter of sedition.
The Adventures of Kathlyn|Harold MacGrath
Whilst on this subject I will declare that I never did consider the sedition law as unconstitutional.
Abridgement of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856 (4 of 16 vol.)|Various
British Dictionary definitions for sedition
sedition
/ (sɪˈdɪʃən) /
noun
speech or behaviour directed against the peace of a state
an offence that tends to undermine the authority of a state
an incitement to public disorder
archaicrevolt
Derived forms of sedition
seditionary, noun, adjective
Word Origin for sedition
C14: from Latin sēditiō discord, from sēd- apart + itiō a going, from īre to go